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Based on Virginia Woolf’s novel, Sally Potter, directing her first feature, has made a ravishing film translation of one of the twentieth century’s most controversial books. The story travels across time and gender as Orlando, who begins life as a young Elizabethan aristocrat, lives through many centuries without ageing, and changing sex in the process. Tilda Swinton is utterly convincing as the young man/young woman who finally becomes one with her inner self and finds freedom as her material inheritance is lost. The film’s music and opulent ‘look’ make this one of recent cinema’s most rewarding experiences.
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ACMI Identifier
305046
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain
Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)